Alan Kenway Memorial Perserverance award

Winner Lyn Wainwright

Newcomer

Winner Poppy BULLOCK

Audience Prize

Appearance of the urns in Beckett’s PlayOpening scene of ‘Sister of ‘(de Waazin) at FEATS Ruth England’s one woman performance in Oscar & Lady in PinkSixties Dream set in 1969 (flower fight, Puck, Hermia’s heel, Pyramus and Thisbe)Transformation of Studio in Yellow Wallpaper

Winner Pirates of Penzance (many moments)

Golden BUTT (for anything)

Sue Botterell for having the good sense to retire as warehouse manager to spend more time with her catsCarrie Caunce and Malcolm Hiseman for daring to leave you’ll be missedMartin Kirk for putting this all together and Rory in a vaseCaraigh MacGregor for pushing boundaries with the Yellow Wall PaperDeborah Griffith for being and never losing her cool

There’s an Englishman, an Irishman and an American being held hostage in the Lebanon… Not the start of a joke, but the premise behind Frank McGuinness’s modern classic.

Colum Hatchell, Patrick Stephenson and Craig Simpson star in this dark, surprisingly funny and thought-provoking play which describes the trials, tribulations and inner strengths of the hostages, exposing their uneasy friendship and petty rivalries, and revealing to us the depths of the human condition.

The show is on at The Warehouse Studio Theatre from 22 to 26 September 2009 and will then be reprised in Bedford, UK from 2-3 October 2009.

ETCetera presents a multilingual evening of 3 European one-act comedies, from around 1900: The Bear by Chekhov (in English), Mañana de Sol by Alvarez Quintero (in Spanish) andL’Anglais tel qu’on le parle by Tristan Bernard (in French ).All 3 plays will have surtitles in the other 2 languages; fittingly, all humorously explore issues of communication.

A classic American short story from the late 19th century, The Yellow Wallpaper provides “the detailed and chilling accounts of one woman’s entrapment, defeat, and movement toward madness [or otherness]….” This newly adapted stage version takes inspiration from the story’s diary entry format, rich post-Gothic vernacular, and the many issues resonating through the tale that continue today to form and challenge notions of self and society.

The ECC is delighted to host Bedford on their 5th visit to Brussels. Swan will be performing My Mother Said I Never Should, Charlotte Keatley’s critically acclaimed play exploring the lives and relationships of four generations of women – Doris, Margaret, Jackie and Rosie – and how different generations strive to break free from the traditions and culture of their parents.